> > I've worked in ad agencies that had huge networks of Macs > -- more than > > `1000 at BBDO Detroit. Problems were few and far between, non- > > existent for most users. But you have to have Mac IT > people. You can't > > leave it to PC guys. > > Paul > > Thanks Paul. Those PC folk have no idea what can be done. As > I recall, a few years ago someone at some university built a > setup of about 300 Mac Pros running as essentially parallel > processors, and they clocked in faster than any other > computer or computer array ever, including Crays. Of course, > such things are only viable for 6 to 12 months when newer > equipment is introduced that would best them. Such is the > logarithmic world of the advances in the digital domain.
1,000 nodes isn't a huge network. Even back in the mid-late 80s the retailer I worked for had 2-3,000 PCs networked together. Nowadays we're talking in the 10s of 1,000s. The company that is making me redundant runs almost 1,000 servers in its data centres worldwide - to say nothing of the 1,000s of desktops and laptops they're serving. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
